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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
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07.12.2018 | Lessons from the Museum

Unusual osteological findings in sacred relics from the LESJE monastery in central Serbia

verfasst von: Danijela Djonic, Roger W. Byard

Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Abstract

An adult male skeleton was submitted to the Department of Anatomy at the University of Belgrade for evaluation. It was believed to represent the remains of a second to third century Christian saint from the Lesje Monastery in central Serbia. Examination of the remains revealed an old crush fracture of a thoracic vertebra and an unusual, probably congenital, malformation of the atlanto-occipital joint with deformation of the left occipital condyle and resultant narrowing of the foramen magnum. Although the occipital malformations were most likely congenital, they may still have caused, or contributed to, death by compression of the underlying upper cervical spinal cord.
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Metadaten
Titel
Unusual osteological findings in sacred relics from the LESJE monastery in central Serbia
verfasst von
Danijela Djonic
Roger W. Byard
Publikationsdatum
07.12.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-0059-7

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